Glen: (aside) In addition to my "faith" hat, I also have a "designer/manufacturer of programmable logic controller" hat.
To design an artificial life form (android / zombie ...) capable of successfully passing among humans in a religious (faith) setting you would probably need tons of "memory" (or else some channeling reinforcement, probabilistic determinative etc. mechanism) and the ability to dynamically mimic "emotions" such as "boredom", "guilt", "trust", "sin", "obedience", "lip-service" etc. The zombie wouldn't have to bring much "knowledge" or "wisdom" to this setting as the more brain dead it is the easier it is for to pass. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
